Dyeing-machine.



J. BENOSCH.

DYEING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1914.

1 ,1 20,646. Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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J. BENOSCHF DYEING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.9,1914.

Patented D60. 8, 1914.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS WITNESSES:

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JOSEPH BENOSCH, F AIVISTEBDAM, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO KLAUIDER-WELDON DYEING- li-IACHINE COMPANY, OF AMSTERDAIVI, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEWV YORK.

D'YEING-MACHIN E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

B6 lUlO'WTi that I: .lflsvgpq BENQSQII, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have ii vented certain new and useful Improvements in Dyeingltiachines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to dyeing and scouring machines, and with respect to certain more specific features thereof, to so-called rotary skein machines.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a simple, practical and durable machine of the character above referred to.

Another of the objects of the invention is to provide reliable and effective mechanism for rotating the sliein-carrying members or yarn-sticks.

Another object of the invention is the provision of improved means for tripping the skein-car ying members, which will embody features of safety and reduction of wear on the parts, and which, by simple adjustment or manipulation of parts, may be rendered suitable for use on either side of a so-calicd double machine or on single machines of different rotative directions.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

'ihe inven ion accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the drawings, in which is shown one of *arious possible embodiments of this inven- I n, Figure 1 is a front elevational view of dyeing machine of the double type, *igs. 3 and 3 are, respectively, a plan view -d a front eievational view of an improved orm of detent; Figs. at, 5, 6 and 7 are diagranimatic views introduced to demonstrate the operation of the detent; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the support for the pawl or trip carrier; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a modification.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like character of reference refer to similar parts throughout the different views, the

ig numeral 1 indicates a dye vat or housing "comprising side walls 2 and 3 and a roof 1. A driving shaft 5 is mounted to rotate in the housing 1 and is provided with a driving member 6. Upon the shaft 5 is mounted for rotation therewith a yarn-stick-supporting frame 7 comprising a central spider 8 and outside spiders 9 and 10 cooperatively associated, and secured on said shaft against ro tary displacement. The spiders 8, 9 and 10 are preferably ring-shaped and provided with recesses to receive, respectively, cups or sockets 11, 12 and 13. The sockets 12 and 13 are mounted for rotary movement in the re cesse-s provided in the spiders 9 and 10, respectively, and the cups or sockets 11 may be fixed or movable in the recesses provided in the spider 8, as desired. Outer yarnsticks 1% and 15 are supported, respectively, between the sockets 11. and 12 andthe sock- :ets 11 and 13, and the ends of said yarnsticks which cooperate with the sockets 12 and 13 are provided with angular faces adapted to be held between corresponding angular faces of a recess 16 in each of said sockets. Inner yarn-sticks 17 and 18 are secured in any suitable manner between the spider 8 and the outside spiders 9 and 10. The yarnsticks 14 and 15 arepreferably disposed in longitudinal alinement, and the yarn-sticks l7 and 18 are preferably correspondingly arranged. lVhen the machine is in operation dyeing yarn, a considerable number of skeins of yarn are supported over each outer yarn-stick and its cooperating inner yarn-stick. It is of course understood that the yarn-stick-supporting frame carries a plurality of outer yarnsticks between each pair of spiders. For instance, there might be supported between the spider S and the spider l0 twenty-five or thirty yarn-sticks similar to the one indicated at 15 and supported in a similar manner, and, of course, each one of these twentyfive or thirty outer yarn-sticls has its cooperating inner yarn-stick. Fixed to the side walls 2 and 3 of the casing 1 are detent-s 19 and 20, similar in construction and only one of which will be hereinafter described. Star wheels 21 and 22 are, respectively, associated with the sockets 12 and 13 and adapted to move therewith, and it is by reason of the engagement of the star wheels 21 DEC with the detents 19 and 20, respecand in order to obtain a uniform dyeing of the yarn it has been found desirable to slightly rotate the yarn-sticks in order to bring portions of the yarn which were in contact with the sticks as they passed through the dyeing material on one revolution to be presented to the dyeing material on the next succeeding revolution out of contact with said sticks. Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide im-.

proved means for causing movement of the yarn-sticks relative to the yarn-stick-sup porting frame. The detent 19 comprises a support 23 secured to the side wall 3 of the casing by means of bolts Slots 25 are provided. in order to permit vertical adjustment of said support on the wall 3. Pivotally mounted on an inwardly extending lug portion 26 of the support 23 is a trip carrier 27. This carrier comprises a lever 28 having an upright portion 29 adapted to serve as a bearing and support for a movable trip 30. The trip carrier27 also comprises a stop 28, preferably integral therewith, which. serves to limit the movement of the trip 30. A stud bolt 31 secures an arm' 32 of the trip 30 to'the upstanding portion 29 of the trip carrier 27 and the trip 30 is freely pivotally movable about said stud except as it engages the stop 28 on one side'or the other of said stop. The trip carrier'27 and its appurtenances are adjustable toward and away from the path of the star wheel 21 by means of a stud pivot bolt 33 which is adapted to be secured in different positions relative to a slot 3 1 formed in the lug 26 of the support 23. It will, therefore, be seen that the trip 30 may be adjusted vertically by adjusting the support 23 in that direction, and that the trip 30 may be adjusted toward and away from the side wall of the casing by adjusting the stud pivot bolt 33 in the slot 34. At the outer end of the lever 28 of the trip carrier there is attached one end of a spring 35, the opposite end of which is attached to a pin 36 connecting with the side wall of the casing. The support 23 has associated therewith means adapted to limit the action of this spring 35, and said means preferably comprise upstanding lugs '37 and 38. It will be obvious that only one of these lugs is used when the device is in operation but it is found convenient to construct the support with both. lugs and to remove the lug which is not to be used. if desired, the lugs 37 and 38 may be weakened, as indicated at 39, to facilitate the removal thereof vwhen the device is being assembled. The invention, of course,

' contemplates the use of adjustable stops in place of these removable stops, as clearly incheated in Fig. 9 of the drawings, in whlch the numeral 42 indicates an ad ustable plate disposed between the support 23 and the trip carrier. The plate 12 is reversible and has an elbow as which may be moved to abut either of the shoulders 44 formed 1n the support. When the pivot stud 33 is in place the plate is locked against rotative movement by reason of the elbow 13 bearing against one of the shoulders at. Stops 45 are provided on said plate and perform the function of the stops shown in Fig. 8 at 37 and 38.

deferring now to Figs. 2, 3 and 8, it will be seen that stop 28 will limit the movement of the trip 30 about the pivot 31 and that stop 38 having been removed, the trip carrier 27 is freely movable about pivot 33 against the action of the spring 35, and it will be seen further that the stop 37 will limit the movement of the trip carrier against the action of the said spring.

In the operation of this apparatus the support 23 being secured to the side wall 3 of the casing presents the trip 30 directly in the path of travel of one of the fingers of each star wheel 21 carried by the spider 9, and as the frame 7 moves to carry the star wheels successively into engagement th the trip, the star wheels are causedto rotate say, for instance, a quarter of a turn, and acting through the socket 12 they turn the yarn-sticks 1e accordingly.

Fig. 6 of the drawings shows the trip 30 in proper relation to the stop 28 to normally cause rotation of the star wheel as it proceeds with its spider in the direction indicated by the arrow. represents a spider movedslightly farther in the same direction, the star wheel having been actuated. .Fig. i exemplifies the action of the trip as the frame moves in the opposite direction. Under certain conditions the yarn sticks may offer a very considerable resistance to theturning mechanism, as, for example, when the slreins of yarn become tangled and tend to hold the sticks against relative movement. The action of the detent under these conditions is exemplified in Fig. 7 of the drawings,

that the spring will return the parts to their normal position against the stop 37 immedi- Fig. 6 of the drawings v ately the star wheel passes out of engagement with the trip. In the event that it should be desired to dye the yarn by rotating the frame in an opposite direction, the parts of this device canbe readily adjusted to an operative relationwith the star Wheels similar in effect to that which they bore as the frame traveled in its regular direction of movement. Or it will be clear that the device is reversible in character, and may be used on either side of a double machine, as has been described, and as is shown in Fig. l of the drawings. All that is necessary to render the detent applicable to one or the other of the two side walls of the casing in tripping relation with the star wheels is the removal or adjustment of one of the stops 37 and 38 and a movement of the trip 30 into proper relation with the stop 28, the spring 2-55, of course, being changed to exert its influence in the opposite direction. By using a trip of this character, the necessity of providing socalled right and left detents is obviated, accordingly relieving the apparatus of the expense consequent upon having to provide detents of different shapes to accommodate the above set forth situations. All of the sockets which are associated directly with the star wheels are provided with ratchet wheels .0 which cooperate with pawls ll pivotally mounted on (the frame to hold the yarn-sticks against retreat after the same have been turned by the detent. The trip 30 is forked at its lower free end and straddles a roll 46 mounted on a pivot pin l? for rolling contact with the fingers of the star wheels, thereby avoiding a great degree of friction and minimizing the amount of wear on the parts.

It will be seen from the foregoing that an apparatus is provided which is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and which accomplishes, among others, the objects hereinbefore set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a movable yarn-sticksupporting frame, means carried by said frame combination, a movable yarn-stiok-supportto be actuated to cause movement of the yarn-sticks relatively to said frame, means adapted operatively to engage said memher in one direction of movement of said frame and permit said member to move freely by as the frame moves in an opposite direction, and means whereby the action of sald last means may be reversed to permit said member to move freely by as the frame moves in said one direction and operatively to engage said member as the frame moves in said opposite direction.

In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a movable yarn-stick-supporting frame, means carried by said frame comprising a projecting memberadapted to be actuated to cause movement of the yarnsticks relatively to said frame, means adapted operatively to engage said member yieldingly in one direction of movement of said frame and permit said member to move freely by as the frame moves in an opposite direction, and means whereby the action of said last means may be reversed to permit said member to move freely by as the frame moves in said one direction and opcratively to engage said member as the frame moves in said opposite direction.

3. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a movable yarn-stick-supporting frame, a support for a detent fixed relative to said frame, means carried by said frame adapted to be actuated to cause movementof the yarn-sticks relatively to said frame, a detent secured to said support comprising mcans adapted to actuate said last means as the frame movesin one direction and to yield without actuating said last means as the frame moves in the opposite direction, means whereby the action of said actuating means may be reversed to permit movement of said frame in said one direction without actuating said means, and to cause actuation of said means in the opposite direction of movement of the frame, and means adapted to yield under an increased pressure to permit said actuating means to move out of the path of travel of said means carried by said frame.

4. In dyeing apparatus or the like, a stick, means adapted to translate said stick, trip, means whereby translation of said stick past said trip causes said stick to rotate, and means whereby said trip may be set to cooperate with the second-mentioned means in either of opposite directions of translation of said stick.

5. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in com: bination, a movable yarnstick-supporting frame, means carried thereby adapted to receive yarnsticks and comprising a star wheel, a stationary support for a detent, and a detent comprising a stop having opposite sides and a trip adapted to coact respectively with one or the other of said opposite sides to offer resistance to said star wheel as it moves against said pawl in either of opposite directions. H

6. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in comframe, means carried thereby adapted to to move said trip out of engagement therewith under certain conditions.

a 7. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a movable yarn-stick-supporting frame, means carried thereby adapted to receive yarn+sticksand comprising a star Wheel, a stationary support for a detent, and a detent comprising a stop having opposite sides and a trip adapted to coact With one side of said stop to offer resistance to said star Wheel as the latter moves thereagainst in one direction and to yield as said star Wheel moves thereagainst in the opposite direction, said trip being adapted to coact with the other side of said stop to reverse the action of said trip.

8. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a movable yarn-stick-supporting frame, means carried thereby adapted to receive yarn-sticks and comprising a star Wheel, a stationary support for a detent, and a detent comprising a yielding stop hav ing opposite sides and a trip adapted to coact with one side of said stop to oiier resistance to said star Wheel as the latter moves thereagainst in one direction and to yield as said star Wheel moves thereagainst in the opposite direction, said trip being adapted to coact With the other side of said stop to reverse the action of said trip, said stop being yielding in character to permit said star Wheel to move said trip out of engagement therewith under certain conditions.

9. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a movable yarn-stick-supporting frame, means carried thereby adapted to receive yarn-sticks and comprising a star Wheel, a stationary support for a detent, and a detent comprising a stop having opposite sides and a trip adapted to coact with one side of said stop toofier resistance to said star Wheel as the latter moves thereagainst in one direction and to yield as said star Wheel moves thereagainst in the opposite direction, said trip being pivotally movable to coact with the other side of said stop to reverse said conditions.

10. in dyeing apparatus or the like, in

combination, a movable yarn-stick-supporting frame, means carried thereby adapted to receive yarn-sticks and comprising star Wheel, a stationary support for a detent, and

a detent comprising a yielding stop having opposite sides and a trip adapted to coact With one side of said stop to ofier resistance to said star'wheel as the latter moves thereagainst in one direction and to yield as said star Wheelmoves thereagainst in the opposite direction, said trip being pivotally movable to coact with the other side of said stop to reverse the action of said trip, said stop being yielding in character to permit said star Wheel to move said trip out of engagement therewith. under certain conditions.

11. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a fixed support for a detent, a detent mounted thereon comprising a stop member, a trip adapted to coact With said stop member to offer resistance to a member moving against said trip in one direction and to yield to permit the member to move freely by said trip in the opposite direction, and means whereby saidtrip is adapted to coact with said stop member to reverse the action of said'trip. i

12. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in

combination, a fixed support for a detent, a,

detent mounted thereon comprising astop member, a trip adapted to coact With' said stop member to oti er resistance to a member moving against said trip in one direction and to yield to permit the member'to move freely by said trip in the opposite direction, and means whereby said trip may be moved to coact With said stop to reverse the action of said trip. I

l3. Iii-dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a hired support for a detent,

' and a detent mounted thereon comprising a stop member and a trip pivotally mounted relatively to said stop member and adapted to coact with one side of said stop member to offer resistance to a member moving against said trip in one direction and to yield to permit the member tomove freely by said trip in the opposite direction, said trip being pivotally movable into coacting relation With the opposite side of said stop to reverse the action of said trip. a

1 14-. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support, means secured to said support adapted to carry a movable ,L means adapted to resist the movement of said trip in one direction and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction,

and means whereby the relative positions of said trip and said resisting means may be changed to permit said trip to be moved freely in said one direction and to resist movement thereof in said opposite direction.

15. In dyeing apparatus 'or the like, in combination, a support, means secured to said support adapted to carry a movable trip, means adapted to resist yieldingly the movement of said trip in one direction and permit ;it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, and means whereby the relative positions of said trip and said resisting means maybe changed to permit said trip til to be moved freely in said one direction and to resist yielding movement thereof in said opposite direction.

16. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support, means secured to said support adapted to carry a movable trip, spring-controlled means adapted to resist the movement of said trip in one direction and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, and means whereby the relative positions of said trip and said resisting means may be changed to permit said trip to be moved freely in said one direction and to resist movement thereof in said opposite direction.

17. In dyein apparatus or the like, in combination, a support, means movably secured to said support adapted to carry a movable trip, means adapted to position said trip-carrying means, means adapted to resist the movement of said trip in one direction and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, and means whereby the relative positions of said trip and said resisting means may be changed to permit said trip to be moved freely in said one direction and to resist movement thereof in said opposite direction.

18. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support, means movably secured to said support adapted to carry a movable trip, means adapted to position said trip-carrying means comprising a spring acting to move said trip-carrying means outwardly from said support and a stop to limit the movement thereof, means adapted to resist the movement of said trip in one direction and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, and means whereby the relative positions of said trip and said resisting means may be changed to permit said trip to be moved freely in said one direction and to resist movement thereof in said opposite directon.

19. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support, a trip carrier pivotally secured thereto to swing about a vertical axis, a trip pivotally secured to said carrier to swing about a horizontal axis, spring means normally acting on said carrier to move said trip into the path of travel of a member to be actuated, said trip and said spring means being on opposite sides of said vertical axis, a stop movable with said carrier adapted to resist the movement of said trip in one direction and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, and means whereby the relation of said trip and said stop may be changed to cause said stop to resist movement in said opposite direction and permit movement in said one direction.

20. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support, a trip carrier pivotally secured thereto to swing about a vertical axis, a trip pivotally secured to said carrier to swing about a horizontal axis, spring means normally acting on said carrier to move said trip into the path of travel of a memberto be actuated, said trip and said spring means being on opposite sides of said vertical axis, a stop movable with said carrier adapted to resist the movement of said trip in one direction and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, and means whereby said trip may be moved about said horizontal axis into engagement with an opposite side of said stop to cause said stop to resist movement in said opposite direct-ion and permit movement in said one direction.

21. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support, a trip carrier pivotally secured thereto to swing about a vertical axis, a trip pivotally secured to said carrier to swing about a horizontal axis, spring means normally acting on said carrier to move said trip into the path of travel of a member to be actuated, said trip and said spring means being on opposite sides of said vertical axis, a stop movable with said carrier adapted to resist the movement of said trip in one direction and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, means whereby the relation of saidtrip and said stop may be changed to cause said stop to resist movement in said opposite direction and permit movement in said one direction, and means whereby said trip-carrier may be swung out of the path of travel of the member to be actuated against the action of said spring means.

22. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support, a trip carrier pivotally secured thereto to swing about a vertical axis, a trip pivot-ally secured to said carrier to swing about a horizontal axis, spring means normally acting on said carrier to move said trip into the path of travel of a member to be actuated, said trip and said spring means being on opposite sides of said vertical axis, a stop movable with said carrier adapted to resist the movement of said trip in one direction and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, and stop means associated with said support and adapted to limit the movement of said carrier in either direction of its movement about said vertical axis.

23. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a vertically adjustable support, a trip carrier pivotally secured thereto to swing about a vertical axis and transversely adjustable therewith, a trip pivotally secured to said carrier to swing about a horizontal axis, spring means normally acting on said carrier to move said trip into the path of travel of a member to be actuated, said trip and said spring means being on opposite sides of said vertical axis, a

' acting on said carrier to move said trip into versely adjustable therewith,

stop movable with said carrier adapted to diresist the movement of said trip in one motion and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, and means whereby the relation of said trip and said stop may be changed to cause said stop to resist movement in said opposite direction and permit movement in said one direction.

"24. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, awertically adjustable support, a trip carrier pivotally secured thereto-to swing about a vertical axis and transa trip pivotally secured to saidcarrier to swing about a horizontal axis, spring means normally the path of travel of a member to be actuated, said trip and said spring means being on opposite sides-of said vertical axis, a stop movable with said carrier adapted to resist the movement of said trip in one direction and permit it to be moved freely in the opposite direction, means whereby the relation of said trip and said stop may be changed to causesaid stop to resist movement in said opposite direction and permit movement in said one direction, and means whereby said trip carrier may be swung out of the path of travel of the member to be actuated against the action oi said spring IHBELIIS.

25. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support for a trip carrier, a trip carrier movable thereon, and removable means associated with said support adapted to limit the movement of said carrier.

26. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support for a trip carrier, a trip carrier -movable thereon, and remov- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, I). 0.

able means associated with said, support adapted toliinit the movement of said carrier in either direction.

27. In dyeing apparatus or combination, a support for a trip carr er, a spring-controlled trip carrier movable thereon, and removable means associated with said support adapted to limit the movement of said carrier. 1

28; In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a support for a trip carrier, a trip carrier movable thereon, and removable means associated with adapted to limit the movement of said carrier, said means comprising stops removable at the will of the operator.

29. In dyeing apparatus or combination, a support for a trip carrier, a trip carrier movable thereon, and removable means associated with said support adapted to limit the movement of said car'- rier, said means comprising a pair of re: movable stops either of which is removable at the will of the operator.

80. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in

combination, a yarn-sticL-supporting frame comprising a central stick-supporting memher and outside stick-supporting members,

supporting means for detents fixed adjacent said outside members, and a reversible cetent changeable to cooperate with the supthe like, in

said support porting means adjacent either outside member to offer resistance to pressure in one di- 1 rection of rotation of said frame. ln'testnnony whereof I afiiX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BENOSCH. Witnesses R. W. EMERSON, NELLIE A. GREEN,

(Commissioner of Eatents,

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,120,646.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,120,6445, granted December 8,

1914, upon the application of Joseph Benosch, of Amsterdam, New York, for an improvement in Dyeing-Machines, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 3, strike out lines 60, and insert the words corn/prising a projecting member adapted; and that the said Letters Patent should he read With this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofice.

Signed and sealed this 5th day of January A. D., 1915.

R. F. VVHITEHEAD,

Acting Uommissionw' 0 7 Patents.

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